THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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Ipomopsis {Ibid ).—Give this plenty of air, and elevate the plant on a 
pot. Beware of touching the stem when watering it. 
Erica (Ibid ).—As you have no greenhouse, prune back the branches 
that have flowered, place the plant in your pit, keep it rather close, and 
the sun-heat will raise the temperature, which will cause fresh shoots to 
break ; syringe it frequently in an afternoon. It the plant:needs a fresh 
pot, give it one when the new shoots are from half-an-inch to one inch in 
length ; keep close, and warm again for a few weeks ; givh a sufficiency 
of water, and by-and-by expose to more air, until towards the close of 
summer you-allow it to have the full light of the sun to ripen the wood 
thoroughly, and you will be rewarded for all your labour arid care. See 
articles on Cape Heaths. 
.Tosling’s St. Alban’s Grape (A. Z .).—We do not know this grape 
from having cultivated it ourselves, but we hear from those who have cul¬ 
tivated it that it differs little, or npt at all, from the Chasselas inusque. 
Will some of our readers state what they know about this variety. 
Silver Pheasants (C. D .).—These require the same food as the com¬ 
mon pheasant. We hope for full information oh the subject shortly. 
Ciiimonanthus Fragrans (Ibid ).—Plant it out, and train it against 
a south wall. A rich sandy loam suits it best. 
Summer Duck (Queen Mab). —Mr. Bailey, 113, Mount Street, Grosve- 
nor Square, will give you the information'you require. It is now usually 
called Querquedula sponsa. Other, queries next week. 
Orchard Unproductive (G. R.)l —Scrape off all the moss from the 
trees, and scrub them with brine. Sow salt at the rate of twenty bushels 
per acre over the whole, and then turn in the turf, and keep the ground 
well hoed all the year. Prune in the autumn, and manure round each 
tree next spring. 
April 8. 
Gutta Perciia (H. Stokoe).—'We think this is preferable to any 
metal as a lining to a pickling-tub. 
Bed Spangled Dorkings.— A correspondent (H. H.), wishes to 
know where, and at what price, she can obtain these fowls. 
Chicken Nursing (C. W.).— Mr. Punchard, of Blunts Hall, near 
Haverhill, the most extensive rearer of Cochin China fowls, says that 
“ twopence per head per week is a fair price to give for rearing of chickens 
to the age of eight or twelve weeks. Cottagers consider a penny, or 
three-halfpence, a remunerating price for chickens, but the care of a 
choice breed for another party I think entitles them to something more 
than is made in the common way, and, as such, I give them twopence.” 
Water-proof Calico (Sarah ).—We do not know where this is sold 
ready prepared. It is easily made by applying a composition, for which 
we have given a recipe more than once. For shading a greenhouse we 
should prefer canvass, as prepared calico soon decays. 
Names of Plants (Sabrina).—Sisyrinchium anceps and Bermudi- 
anum are too nearly allied for us to speak with certainty from so small 
a specimen. Yours is pjobably one of them. The time of flowering is 
very varying. The other plant is Scilla verna. 
Hives (E . R. T .).—There is a person at Cambridge, whose name is 
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